Arts

by Carl Salas Platform 9 & 3/4 was about to close… This year, we had the pleasure of hosting the Architecture Ball and has extended the invite to our fellow architecture students at the University of Auckland. The theme was The…

Hello, #UnitecStudents! This Wednesday is our first #WednesdaysDoYouKnow. I am excited to introduce to you some topics that may be of high interest to you (or not) and I hope we can start a conversation about it and meet more…

I’m up its 2am I want to hear you talk. I went for a walk just came back, Life’s not bad but something’s missing. It’s not even love, it’s not even sex, it’s something I really don’t understand. It’s 2am…

My Prison was a Person, And I thought I had finally found home. Strange? Isn’t it? Unrealistic attachments, Formed by simply sharing, One another’s body heat. Result of which I was left with this unexplainable cringe, this void, But still…

Send me some of that magic, She said. Send me some of that extraordinary magic, which hides behind your greyish sapphire eyes, and glows like tinker bell’s pixie dust, which enhances all the beauty you withhold. Send me your secret…

I went to the cinema with no idea what Jordan Peele’s Get Out was about. Fifteen minutes before it started, my brother told me a very brief synopsis of the movie and here’s what he said: “Black people are vanishing from…

She sold her body, To gain fame, Then she sold her smiles, For a solid path to sustain. Her skirt cut short, And her shirt unbuttoned, Was she unhappy? Or was she sold? In this sudden Paradigm shift, She used…

My first impression of The Basement Theatre was both warm and friendly. Upon taking my seat, I was offered a marshmallow from one of the actors who would be performing a few moments later. At first, I didn’t know what…

I dreamt again, About having a baby. You have left for 5 years now, And little Natasha is 4. She also dreamt about having A brother. Ben lives with us, He loves Natasha just as you would’ve. The day you…